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Evening Star, Issue 3643, 26 October 1874, Page 2

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HICK WATER. ~ 1 To-morrow. Heads S Poet Chalmers } Duredtn 3.58 p.m, » ■ , 4.33 p.m, } 5.18 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. October 24. —Samson, p.s., 125 tons, Edie, from Oaraaru. Passengers; Mrs Frask and four children, Messrs Every, Larnach, Lees, and nine steerage. Ladybird, s.s., 282 tons, Andrews, from Lyttelton and the North. Passengers : Mrs Donkin and child, Mrs Habeas, Colonel Gordon, Messrs Clayton, Stobo, Hyland. Wright, Sheen, Palmer, Royse, and seven steerage. October 25. —Chance, barque, 225 tons, Gilroy, .from Macquarie Island, Jessie Readman, ship, 962 tons, Mitchell, from London. Passengers : Mr L. W, Brown, and 329 immigrants, equal to 274 statute adults. Agnes Jessie, three-masted schooner, 187 tons, Phillips, from the Bluff, October 26. —Calypso, 1,013 tons, Leslie, from London. Passengers : Mrs Cargill, Mrs Lester, Mr and Mrs Mackay, Misses Cargill, Huie, and M‘Fariane, Rev. Fathers Walsh and O’Leary, Messrs Munn, Russell, Burnet, M'Kenzie, and thirty in the steerage. SAILED. Ofctoher 26. —Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for Oamaru. Yire, French warship, 1,625 tons, Jacquemart, for Wellington. Defiance, 22 tons, Burke, for Moeraki. Jane Hannah, schooner, 50 tons, Mason, for Catlin’s River. - Eliza M'Phee, ketch, 40 tons, Patersonfcfor Catlin’s River. ** ns^ARTURES, Alhambra, for Bluff, November 5. Bruce, for Timaru, October 27. Comerang, for Bluff, October 27. Eashy, for Newcastle, November 1. Helena, for Auckland, early, Jessie Henderson, for Auckland, early. ” Lady of the Lake, for Port Molyneux, October 27. Ladybird, for Northern Ports, October 27. Otago, for Northern Ports, November 10. Samson, for Oaraaru, October 27. Tararua, for Bluff, October 28. Wanganui, for Bluff, October 28,

The French war ship Vire sailed for Wellington shortly after 5 p.-m, on Saturday. The N.Z.S.S. Co.’s Ladybird arrived alongside the railway pier at 7.30 p.m. on Satur-

day ■ The brigantine Swordfish, of Hobart Town, passed the Heads, bound North, yesterday afternoon.

The brigantine Seagull, cutter Hope, and barque Hadda, which have been waiting at the Heads for a shift of wind, got under way this morning with a light N.E. wind.

Yesterday afternoan the signals at the Heads announced the arrival of the Calypso, from London. The Geelong, after towing up the Jessie Readman, returned to the Heads, and towed the Calypso up this afternoon. The three-masted schooner ignes Jessie, with a full cargo of timber from the Bluff, sailed up this morning.' she left the Bluff at 7 n,m. on Saturday, and arrived at the Bluff at 11 p.m., having experienced a strong S.W. breeze to arrival.

. The whaling barque Chance arrived off tbe Heads on Saturday, and was towed into harbor • yesterday afternoon by the Geelong. The barque comes here through having lost both her anchors while on her cruise at the Macquarie Island, where, on September 28, the wind sot in with such great severity from the S.W. that she had to stand to sea, having been compelled to slip her cable. Eighteen men were left ashore with six months’ provisions, and the barque put to sea short-handed. A second attempt to fetch the anchorage at the Islands was equally unsuccessful, and the barque then made for the mainland. Passed tbe Solander on tbe morning of.the 11th, and the same evening tried to put into Port William, but. the weather was tso reugh to venture in without an anchor, and she stood off. On the 12th, the wind was very strong, with a high sea. one of which was shipped, and carried away one of her boats from the davits, with all its gear. For several days she keplTknoeking about off Bluff Harbor, but dared not go in without anchors in such severe weather, and at last she bore up for Port Chalmers, and arrived as above. She expects to be back in the course of about six weeks with 100 tuns of pih

ARRIVAL OF THE JESSIE READMAN,

Early this morning the tug Geelong proceeded down to the Heads and towed up Messrs Patrick Henderson and Co.’s fine iron ship Jessie Headman, which arrive! off the Heads on Thursday, but was then blown-off the land by the heavy S.W. gale, after having made a fine passage of eighty-two days from the Lizard. The p.s. Golden Age being engaged to convey the Health and Clearance Officers to the vessel, the representatives of the Press were permitted to’ accompany them. Upon steaming alongside the ship, Dr Gilmour, in answer to the usual questions informed the Health Board that there had been no infectious disease during the voyage, hut there had been twenty-five cases of sickness, principally from diarrhoea, which resulted in the death of eight children under the age of three years ; and there were two cases on beard, both of children —one suffering from diarrhoea, and the other from teething. There were three births during the voyage. Upon inspecting the various compartments, we found them remarkably clean. The single females, of whom there are thirty -nine, were under the charge of Mrs Wagstaff (matron), who speaks highly of them. We did not hear a word of complaint from the passengers, and all seemed perfectly satisfied with the treatment they had received on bohrd. Her passengers, of whom there are 329 souls, equal to 274 statute adults, are classed as follows 193 English, 73 Scotch, 53 Irish, and 5 foreigners, comprising 58 marrie 1 couples, 74 single men, 39 single females, 45 sons, and 43 girls between the ages of one and twelve years, 7 male and 3 female infants. The names of those who die !. wereOn September 2, William Jordan, aged seven months, from hydrocephalus; August 28, Isabella Learmouth, aged eleven months, from diarrhoea; August 26, William Johnson, one year, from diarrhoea; September 6, Alexander Badland, two years, from diarrhoea; October 3, Arthur Herd, fifteen months, from bronchitis; October 5, William Haydon, three years, from dropsy ; September 12, William Moore, aged five month's, from spinal abcess; September 19, Louisa Bold, aged four months, from bronchitis. The births during the voyage were Mrs Stanton, of a girl; on the 3rd of September, and on the 21st of September Mrs Badoon gave birth to twins (girl and boy). Of the passage, Captain Mitchell informs us he left the Downs on the 28th July; had easterly winds down the channel, and took his final departure from the Lizards on the 2nd August ; had N. W. •winds thence to catching the N.E. trades in 32 N., which were again lost in 14 N. 27 W. on the 15th; thence variable winds to the Equator, which was crossed on the 25th. From long. 29 to lat. 26 S. had fresh S.E. trades, which hung well to the southward ; thence had northerly winds to the meridian of the Cape, which was passed on the 18th of September; thence to the meridian of Tasmania had much easterly weather; passed the Snares at 4 x>.m. on the 22nd, and reached the Heads at noon on the 23rd ; had strong gales from the Ist of September until the 24th; also, on the 26th and 27th, while running down her easting. On the 11th September spoke the ship Orient, from London to Adelaide, in lat. 38.37, long. 11.10, and the ship Otago, in lat. 49, long. 155 E. The single women were landed this afternoon and conveyed to Dunedin, The remainder of the passengers will be landed to-morrow.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Nelson, October 26. The ship Chile, ninety-six days out, -with immigrants, has juec been signalled. Auckland, October 24.—The schooner Fiery Cross has arrived, being twenty-six days out from Napier. She left on the 28th September, ' and had gales from the start. On the 6th inst. a tremendous squall drove the vessel on her ’ beam ends. Next day the rudder was carried ,W»y, the steel; breaking in halves, and the

▼essel lying helpless in a cross sea. She managed | to heave-to for ten daye, and then drifted | leewards at tbre* knots per hour on an average, j Several attempts were made to ship a new | rudder, hut they were not successful. On the | gale abating about the 7th, temporary steering i appartus was rigged up. By this time the food ! bad run short, although the crew had been on 1 short allowance nearly all the time. She passed a full-rigged ship, but could not make her answer her signals. On the 18th she sp ke the East Lothian, and obtained provisions. The men and officers are weak and exhausted, and the vessel much strained. She bore up for Auckland, not being able to beat up to Tuirua, whither she was bound.

London, October 15. — The ship Kingsbridge, bound for Sydney, collided with the Candaher, bound for Melbourne, and foundered off Lizard Point. Ten persons were drowned. The Candaher returned to Plymouth much damaged. The Windsor Castle, from Sydney, put into Bahia under jury masts leaky. The Scimitar, from Port Chalmers, arrived to-day.